23 June 2013

charleswhood

A chum is just back from Sichuan with a birding tour run by Zoothera; the 2013 trip report is not yet up but they had hog badger and red panda....

21 June 2013

Jon Hall

Indian wildlife guide Avi Sarkhel sent me this photo of a Hog Badger carrying a baby in Kaziranga National Park. The light was terrible but its still a fun picture...

21 June 2013

Jon Hall

Two really great and detailed reports from Sjef Ollers have just been added to mammalwatching.com Finland, 2013: Sjef Ollers, 10 days & 12 species including Brown Bear, Wolf and 6...

20 June 2013

Jon Hall

Widespread killing of elephants threatens economic prosperity and rule of law, warns African Development Bank see http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/demand-ivory-destabilising-central-africa Jon

19 June 2013

Jon Hall

Very nice blog from our own Matt Miller at The Nature Conservancy on mammal watching around Cairns and Cooktown in Australia. Jon See more at: http://blog.nature.org/science/2013/06/18/traveling-naturalist-5-marvelous-marsupials-to-spot-in-queensland/

19 June 2013

Jon Hall

Michel Watelet from Belgium just wrote to say he's back from a great trip in Sichuan with 3 friends (trip report to follow) and he saw a Chinese Mountain Cat....

18 June 2013

Ben S

After reading about two recent successful trips to see Javan Rhino in Ujung Kulon, I'm thinking about heading there this August. Has anyone gone there? If so, what tour company...

15 June 2013

Jon Hall

Some positive news for the Vaquita The government of Mexico has taken a decisive step to save the vaquita – a porpoise threatened by extinction – and to promote sustainable...

14 June 2013

Jon Hall

A few interesting articles I've seen recently Jon Cheetahs may be the world’s fastest sprinters, but it is their blinding acceleration—faster than a Lamborghini’s—and their phenomenal athleticism, rather than their...

13 June 2013

Jon Hall

Well oldish anyway ... Murray Lord let me know that the really excellent 2008 guide to the Mammals of China (Princeton) by Smith and Xie has just been released as...

13 June 2013

Jon Hall

Atlantic Rainforest, 2013: Steve Morgan's detailed notes of a 2 month mammal survey in the REGUA reserve. He recorded 29 species including Orange-Spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Tayra and Puma. Jon

12 June 2013

Jon Hall

Bódva Valley I returned to Hungary for a weekend in mid May. Balazs Szigeti who I travelled with last time was busy, so he fixed me up with Sandor Boldogh...

12 June 2013

Jon Hall

Or so Cornelis Hazevoet tells me... I don't read Portugese which is what the article is written in http://www.publico.pt/ecosfera/noticia/o-linceiberico-hongo-foi-passear-a-vila-nova-de-milfontes-1596143#/0 Obrigado! Jon

12 June 2013

Jon Hall

A new report from Indri Tours for a 17 days trip toKenya & Tanzania, 2013, with 51 species including 3 Honey Badgers, Striped Hyena and Caracal. Jon

12 June 2013

Jon Hall

Partly in response to the thread earlier this year asking for more detail in trip reports, Cheryl Antonucci has written some excellent notes on where to see all the primates...

8 June 2013

Jon Hall

This is interesting for primate watchers. I guess the message is try to act like a gatherer, or a researcher, depending on where you are ... and don't carry anything...

8 June 2013

Jon Hall

This is interesting... and if the theory is true its a great example of how complex the interactions are within ecosystems and how unpredictable are the flow on effects: more...

8 June 2013

Jon Hall

http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/lords-resistance-army-funded-by-elephant-poaching-report-finds/ Jon

8 June 2013

Jon Hall

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/02/lynx-scotland-wild-kevin-mckenna Jon

7 June 2013

Jon Hall

See http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/californias-dwarf-fox-is-back-from-the-brink/ Jon